Union undergarment.



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UNION UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATEDH FILED JUNE 15, 1914.

1,138,982. Patented May11,1915.

JGSmZZWW Q7 671 Attorneys Witnesses 'AMES C. SCOTT, OF PORTSMOUTH,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO UNITEE KNITWEAR COMPANY,

OF ORISKANY FALLS, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION.

UNION UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed June 15, 1914. Serial No. 845,300.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns C. Scor'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Union Undergarment, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a means whereby union suits may be constructed in such a manner as to hold the trunk size no matter of what material they may be constructed, or to what method of shrinking they may have been subjected.

The trunk measurement is the most im portant measurement to be taken for union suits, and is the measurement upon which manufacturers base their schedule of sizes, and from which they cut garments, for if a garment is too short or too long in the trunk, it is considered too small or too large for the size marked, and owing to the nature of knit goods, and the impossibility of knitting, shrinking, or otherwise processing the garments to prevent further shrinking after the process of manufacture has been completed, it is necessary to make shrinkage allowances in the length of union suits. Different kinds of knitted material require different allowances for shrinkage, and it will be seen readily that much trouble and expense to the manufacturer is involved in providing shrinkage allowances. Even when shrinkage allowances are made, there is no assurance that the garment will be the proper size when delivered to the customer, or after having been washed once or twice.

The object of the present invention is carried out by extending, between the collar and the back portion of the garment, and across the elastic shoulder yoke, an inelastic strip which may be severed when it is desired that the elastic shoulder yoke shall expand.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a garment constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the garment, portions being broken away; Fig. 3 is a plan of the elastic yoke; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2. v

In the drawings there is shown a garment comprising a front 1 and a back 2, the gar ment including, if desired, arms 3. An elastic shoulder yoke 4 is provided, the forward edges of the yoke 4 being caught in the front seam 6 which lies along the upper end of the front 1. he rear edge of the elastic yoke 4 is connected with the back 2 to form a back seam 7, the ends of the elastic yoke 4 being connected with the sleeve seams 8. In one edge, the elastic yoke 4 is concaved as shown at 9 to receive the collar 10, the collar seam being denoted by the numeral 11.

Located upon the rear portion of the garment and superposed upon the yoke 4 below the collar 10 is an inelastic strip 12, the extremities of which are carried inwardly toward each other to form tabs 14. The upper edge of the strip 12 is caught in the collar seam 11 and the lower edge of the strip is caught in the back seam 7. As indicated at 15, the upright edges of the strip are left free, and are not secured to the yoke 4.

In practical operation, the inelastic strip 12 prevents the yoke 4 from stretching. However, when it is desired that the length of the garment shall be increased, the in elastic strip 12 is cut transversely, close to the seams 11 and 7, and thus the elastic yoke 4 is permitted to expand both transversely of the garment and longitudinally of the garment, but particularly in the latter direction.

From the foregoing it will be seen that it is unnecessary to make shrinkage allowance, it being possible to secure an added length in the garment, by merely severing the inelastic strip 12. Owing to the fact that the upright edges of the strip 15 are not secured to the yoke 4, a pair of shears or other instrument may be inserted between the strip and the yoke 4 during the cutting of the strip. Since the extremities of the strip are turned toward each other, as shown at 14, the strength of the strip to resist stretching is enhanced and, at the same time, there are no raw edges along the lines indicated at 15.

Having thusdescribed the invention, What is claimed is 1. A garment of the class described comprising a back; a front; an elastic yoke connecting the back and the front; a collar assembled with the yoke; and an inelastic strip extended-between the collar and the back.

2. A garment of the class described comprising a back; a front; an elastic yoke con necting the back and the front; a collar assembled with the yoke; and an inelastic strip the transverse edges of which are secured to the collar and the back, the upright edges of the strip being free.

3. A garment of the class described comprising a front; a back; an inelastic yoke joined to the front, and joined to the back to form a back seam; a collar joined to the yoke to form a collar seam; and an inelastic strip, the upright edges of which are free, the transverse edges of the strip being secured in the back seam and in the collar seam.

4:. A garment of the class described embodying an elastic shoulder yoke; and an inelastic strip disposed transversely of the yoke, the upper and lower edges of the strip being secured to prevent a stretching of the yoke, and the strip being severable to permit the yoke to stretch.

5. In a garment of the class described, cooperating parts comprising a back and a front; an elastic yoke connecting the back and the front; a collar assembled with the yoke; and an inelastic element extended between the collar and one of said cooperating parts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. SCOTT.

O. W. GRIDLEY.

Copies of this patent ml; be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G."

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,138,982, granted May 11,

1915, upon the application of James C. Scott, of Portsmouth, Ohio, for an improvement in Union Undergarments, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 19, for the Word inelastic read elastic;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of June, A. D., 1915.

[srmn] J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,138,982, granted May 11,

1915, upon the application of James (J. Scott, of Portsmouth, Ohio, for an improvement in Union Undergarments, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 19, for the Word inelastic read elastic;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of June, A. D., 1915.

[SEAL] J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

